Public water system record
South Tahoe PUD - Main
Serves an area of El Dorado County, CA that includes South Lake Tahoe and Meyers · 100,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for South Tahoe PUD - Main in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- South Tahoe PUD - Main draws water from 13 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by California, November 1994.
- Record on file since 1990, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 18,871 unknown out of 18,871 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1990
EPA's records for South Tahoe PUD - Main go back to 1990. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 1 |
| 2000s | 3 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Arsenic, began April 2008, Resolved.
Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.126 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (13 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.013 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0153 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Tetrachloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1990 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against South Tahoe PUD - Main in 1994. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in November 1994.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 1994 | California | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation: Combined Uranium |
Where the water comes from
South Tahoe PUD - Main draws water from 13 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 1 other community water system buys water from South Tahoe PUD - Main. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to South Tahoe PUD - Main.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Tahoe Keys Water Company South Lake Tahoe, CA
Annual water quality report
South Tahoe PUD - Main must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by California.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells